Chelsea snap up striker starlet on new deal

Chelsea starlet Islam Feruz has signed a new deal with the club [GETTY]

The 18-year-old has put pen to paper on a new deal to keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2018.

Touted as being one of the most talented youngsters currently with the West London outfit, the Blues had to fight off other interested Premier League sides when they snapped him up from Celtic back in September 2011.

The Scotland Under-21s star was picked by Jose Mourinho for the first-team squad during the team's pre-season tour of Asia this summer.

Feruz could now push for a loan spell away from the club before the close of the January transfer window, with many of his academy team-mates currently gaining first team experience at Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.

The forward was called up to the Scotland under-17 team at only 14 years of age in 2009, scoring on his debut against Cyprus and was then called up to the Scotland under-21 team aged 16, for a match against Italy.